Celtic destroys Hearts 4-1 with a great performance. HIGHLIGHTS

GLASGOW. Celtic demolishes Hearts 4-1 with goals of

May 8, 2022

GLASGOW. Celtic annihilates Hearts 4-1 with goals of D. Maeda (30′), K. Furuhashi (37′), M. O’Riley (69′) and G. Giakoumakis (90′). On the other side, Hearts scored with E. Simms (3′). Celtic was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow on Saturday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Don Robertson who was helped by Dougie Potter and Ross MacLeod. The 4th official was Andrew Dallas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.4 degrees Celsius or 57.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.

Match Statistics

Celtic

4 - 1

Hearts

! 64 Ball Possession 36

Shots

20 Total 6
11 On Target 3
9 Off Target 3
4 Shots blocked 2

126 Attack 75
70 Dangerous attack 29
89 Ball safe 98

0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 3
5 Off Sides 1

Fouls

17 Total 8
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

7 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Celtic had a strong ball possession 65% while Hearts was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Celtic was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Celtic won the match.

Celtic shot 20 times, 11 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Hearts shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Celtic didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Hearts received 1 yellow card (T. Sibbick).

Match Timeline

Daizen Maeda(goal)Jota

30'

31'

Toby Sibbick- Yellow

Kyogo Furuhashi(goal)Jota

37'

64'

65'

Reo Hatate - sub ->D. Turnbull

66'

Matt O'Riley(goal)G. Taylor

69'

75'

77'

James Forrest- sub ->Jota

81'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Celtic will have 89 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Hearts will stay with 61 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Celtic will host Motherwell on the 14th of May with a 44-4 head to head in favor of Celtic (9 draws).

Hearts will host Rangers on the 14th of May with a 29-8 head to head stats in favor of Rangers (8 draws).

Celtic – Formation

Celtic

Joe Hart 15.England

7.1

A. Ralston 56.Scotland

6.8

Cameron Carter-Vickers 20.United States

7.4

Carl Starfelt 4.Sweden

7.1

G. Taylor 3.Scotland

7.8

Matt O'Riley 33.England

7.3

77'

69'

Callum McGregor 42.Scotland

7.7

D. Turnbull 14.Scotland

7.1

66'

Jota 17.Portugal

7.7

81'

Kyogo Furuhashi 8.Japan

7.4

64'

37'

Daizen Maeda 38.Japan

7.0

65'

30'

Substitutes

Scott Bain 29.Scotland

Stephen Welsh 57.Scotland

N. Bitton 6.Israel

James Forrest 49.Scotland

7.4

81'

Reo Hatate 41.Japan

6.9

66'

James McCarthy 16.Republic of Ireland

Tom Rogić 18.Australia

6.2

77'

Liel Abada 11.Israel

6.0

65'

G. Giakoumakis 7.Greece

7.5

64'

90'

Celtic started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Angelos Postecoglou decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Celtic made 5 changes: K. Furuhashi for G. Giakoumakis (64′), D. Maeda for L. Abada (65′), D. Turnbull for R. Hatate (66′), M. O’Riley for T. Rogic (77′) and Jota for J. Forrest (81′).